Person of Interest

Person of Interest2011

Genre: Drama
A person of interest is someone involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. Person of Interest or A Person of Interest may also refer to: Person of Interest (TV series), an American science fiction… more »



[Under police arrest, Officer Simmons is lying in a hospital bed when he senses someone in the darkened room]

Carl Elias:
It's just me, Officer.

[Elias leans forward in his chair into the light]

Officer Patrick Simmons:
Elias. What do you want? Quinn and I are bust. HR is dead. Nothin' else to do but to rub my face in it.

Carl Elias:
Not really my style.

Officer Patrick Simmons:
Then why the hell are you here?

Carl Elias:
Well, there remains a debt. Civilization rests on the principle that we treat our criminals better than they treated their victims, that we not stoop to their level. [pause] But you and I are outliers; we're not really a part of civilization. We're something... older. Which means, of course, that we can do the things that civilized people can't. I offered to kill you for Detective Carter many times, and she always said no. She was civilized to the very end. I don't think she liked me. But I liked her very much. You killed her. So now I consider it my responsibility to fix the particular problem that is you, Officer Simmons.

Officer Patrick Simmons:
You really think you're gonna be the one to kill me?

Carl Elias:
[laughing] No. No, my friend is going to kill you. I'm just gonna watch.

[Elias leans back in his chair as his right-hand man Scarface approaches Simmons with a garrote and proceeds to strangle him to death]

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